Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a minute root; a rootlet. Also
radicle . - noun In zoology, a rootlet or radicle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A small branch of a root; a rootlet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany A small
branch of aroot ; arootlet .
Etymologies
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Diminutive of radix.
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Examples
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English has also "radicel" as an equivalent to "radicle" in the relevant sense, but French "radicelle" means something subtly different: Ramification de la racine principale Le Petit Robert.
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But Prince William has the benefit of a radicel news medium called the internet and the 24 hour news culture.
HRH Prince William - Future King of England Lionheart 2007
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